La sposa del Nilo

1911 · 17 MIN · IMDB 5.7 · 39 VOTES · DIR. Enrico Guazzoni

Overview

La Sposa del Nilo (1911) was a proto-epic, where you could sense the Italian filmmakers (Enrico Guazzoni in this case) gearing up to the gigantic imaginings of Cabiria and Quo Vadis just a few years on. The film wanted to impress you with its stateliness and scale; at time the central action (a young virgin is drowned to appease Isis and ensure that the Nile floods) became lost in the crowded frame – but that just reminded you that early cinema audiences look that much more intently at what was going on, and picked up on details that our lazier eyes sometimes miss.

1910s

Dialogue Timeline — 31 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:00 THE BRIDE OF THE NILE
00:00:11 He tells her that the people are waiting for the Nile
00:01:14 Pharaoh receives the representatives of the people and gives the order
00:03:45 The people bring to the Goddess, Isis
00:04:19 Ramses and Amebi also bring
00:05:37 The terrible response of the Goddess is:
00:05:44 in the waters of the Nile.
00:06:23 leads Amebi to the temple where
00:07:00 Through the priest, Amebi is dedicated
00:09:28 A few friends of Ramses
00:09:34 his bride, Amebi from the temple.
00:11:52 and Ramses is cursed
00:13:03 Amebi is prepared for the great sacrifice
00:13:09 to the people at the banks of the Nile.
00:17:24 Reconciled by this cruel sacrifice
00:17:29 back to this parched land.

Cast & Characters

Bruto Castellani Ettore Mazzanti Gastone Monaldi Fernanda Negri Pouget Amebi Orlando Ricci

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed31
Dialogue density1.8 lines / min
First line00:00:00
Final line00:17:29

Production Record

DirectorEnrico Guazzoni
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes39